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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 725998
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/725998
NX39SW 4 3378 9440
NX 3378 9440. On the steep SW slope of Bencallen Hill and surrounded by afforestation are the substantial remains of a Bargrennan-type chambered cairn incorporated into the N perimeter wall of a sheepfold. The chamber is orientated N-S with a probable entrance to the N.
The visible remains comprise two pairs of side stones and two, possibly three, capstones. The S pair of orthostats, complete with capstone, seem likely to form the back of the chamber while the other pair form a probable entrance in the N. There is some surviving cairn material on the N but otherwise the cairn appears to have been almost completely destroyed by the building of the sheepfold.
L Masters TS and plan, 9 December 1975; J McBain (undated).
No change to previous information.
Surveyed at 1:10,000.
Visited by OS (BS) 11 February 1976
